I had one day to spend for a tour, and wanted to see the Middle Gorge of Leaping Tiger Gorge. With short notice, Rosey was able to provide me the hike more than I was hoping for. The Middle Gorge is everything that a person can't imagine with the trails cut into the cliff, old bridges, and switchbacks.
...read more I had one day to spend for a tour, and wanted to see the Middle Gorge of Leaping Tiger Gorge. With short notice, Rosey was able to provide me the hike more than I was hoping for. The Middle Gorge is everything that a person can't imagine with the trails cut into the cliff, old bridges, and switchbacks. Rosey sister Lucy met me in LiJiang and drove me to their family Guest House (Sean Guest House, @ http://www.tigerleapinggorge.com/enter.html) that I strongly encourage anyone to stay at for a remarkable experience. The drive to Middle Gorge was typical of any drive through the mountains, until the last few kilometers, where the adventure begin. Do not worry, these ladies have been driving this road longer than most of us have dreamed of traveling. Just grip your camera, lean out the window, and take incredible photos of the winding road. Their father Sean is a great man, who enjoys talking to travelers on their journey and pleasant to spend time with drinking buckwheat tea. Lucy was kind enough to walk at my pace, and give me time to catch my breath and rest, which was necessary at my age. It was incredible meeting the local villagers that work everyday down in the bottom of the Gorge and make this commute that makes our daily journey to work seem non existent. This is a hike that has to be experienced to understand, because there can't be enough words written to describe, except to say from the time we started off from Sean Guest House, I felt giddy like a young boy clambering over the trail, and could not take enough photos.
After the tour, Lucy encouraged me to visit few other places and show me some delicious dinner, but after a day hike like that, what could ever compare with that experience. Lucy took the country road back to LiJiang covering a different way that earlier that day, giving descriptions of the local area.
I would say, for the experience I shared, the places I seen, Rosey tour is the best in my memory.
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